Paychecks & Balances? Ft. Laurence Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics

Published time: 25 Jan, 2018 09:19

Laurence Kotlikoff, professor of Economics

Laurence Kotlikoff, professor of Economics

Donald Trump has marked his first year in office by overseeing yet another US government shutdown. And while the partisan wrangle over the budget is temporarily resolved, underlying it is not just a million but a trillion-dollar question of whether the United States will ever be able to bring its finances in order? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Laurence Kotlikoff, professor of economics, write-in candidate in the 2016 presidential election, and head of the International Department of Fiscal Sustainability at the Gaidar Institute.